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The Role of Network and Identity in the Diffusion of Hashtags
Aparna Ananthasubramaniam, Yufei 'Louise' Zhu, David Jurgens +1
The diffusion of culture online is theorized to be influenced by many interacting social factors (e.g., network and identity). However, most existing computational cascade models c…
Global News Synchrony and Diversity During the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Xi Chen, Scott A. Hale, David Jurgens +3
News coverage profoundly affects how countries and individuals behave in international relations. Yet, we have little empirical evidence of how news coverage varies across countrie…
Profile Update: The Effects of Identity Disclosure on Network Connections and Language
Minje Choi, Daniel M. Romero, David Jurgens
Our social identities determine how we interact and engage with the world surrounding us. In online settings, individuals can make these identities explicit by including them in th…
Bridging Nations: Quantifying the Role of Multilinguals in Communication on Social Media
Julia Mendelsohn, Sayan Ghosh, David Jurgens +1
Social media enables the rapid spread of many kinds of information, from memes to social movements. However, little is known about how information crosses linguistic boundaries. We…
Analyzing the Engagement of Social Relationships During Life Event Shocks in Social Media
Minje Choi, David Jurgens, Daniel M. Romero
Individuals experiencing unexpected distressing events, shocks, often rely on their social network for support. While prior work has shown how social networks respond to shocks, th…
Networks and Identity Drive Geographic Properties of the Diffusion of Linguistic Innovation
Aparna Ananthasubramaniam, David Jurgens, Daniel M. Romero
Adoption of cultural innovation (e.g., music, beliefs, language) is often geographically correlated, with adopters largely residing within the boundaries of relatively few well-stu…
More than Meets the Tie: Examining the Role of Interpersonal Relationships in Social Networks
Minje Choi, Ceren Budak, Daniel M. Romero +1
Topics in conversations depend in part on the type of interpersonal relationship between speakers, such as friendship, kinship, or romance. Identifying these relationships can prov…
A Just and Comprehensive Strategy for Using NLP to Address Online Abuse
David Jurgens, Eshwar Chandrasekharan, Libby Hemphill
Online abusive behavior affects millions and the NLP community has attempted to mitigate this problem by developing technologies to detect abuse. However, current methods have larg…
Smart, Responsible, and Upper Caste Only: Measuring Caste Attitudes through Large-Scale Analysis of Matrimonial Profiles
Ashwin Rajadesingan, Ramaswami Mahalingam, David Jurgens
Discriminatory caste attitudes currently stigmatize millions of Indians, subjecting individuals to prejudice in all aspects of life. Governmental incentives and societal movements…
Are All Successful Communities Alike? Characterizing and Predicting the Success of Online Communities
Tiago Cunha, David Jurgens, Chenhao Tan +1
The proliferation of online communities has created exciting opportunities to study the mechanisms that explain group success. While a growing body of research investigates communi…
Still out there: Modeling and Identifying Russian Troll Accounts on Twitter
Jane Im, Eshwar Chandrasekharan, Jackson Sargent +6
There is evidence that Russia's Internet Research Agency attempted to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election by running fake accounts on Twitter - often referred to as "Russian trol…
Geotagging One Hundred Million Twitter Accounts with Total Variation Minimization
Ryan Compton, David Jurgens, David Allen
Geographically annotated social media is extremely valuable for modern information retrieval. However, when researchers can only access publicly-visible data, one quickly finds tha…